MR. BUSK ON VEDDAH SKULIS. 167 
number it seems possible to arrive at some notion of the charac- 
teristics of the Veddah cranium. 
For the purpose of comparison, there are placed on the .table 
the skulls of a Malay from Singapore, of two Polynesian Malays, 
of an Australian, of two African intratropical negroes, and some 
European skulls. 
On comparison with these, it appears that the Veddah skulls 
are remarkable for their small size and lightness, more than for 
any particular conformation. They are orthognathic, dolichoce- 
phalic (-739) ; and their chief peculiarity appears to be their great 
height as compared with their breadth. In general form they show 
no resemblance to either the Malay, Australian, or Negro. Their 
real relations may probably be found among some of the Hill- 
tribes of intertropical India. The following tables are exhibited 
to show the mean dimensions of the crania of some of the different 
races of mankind, taken however from no very large numbers, 
and therefore liable to future alteration. 

Euro- | Extra- | Tropical | Austra- 
_ | tropical - Hindoo, | Veddah. 
pean ebro: Negro. lian. 






nches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. 
U2). 6 ee OMeRe SE cerece 7-23 7:12 7-15 7-15 6°64 | 6:56 
SCAAL DN oust etncss ces 5°56 5°46 512 5°19 5:28 4°85 
16 12s) eee eer 5°65 573 5°45 5°32 5°50 5°40 
Circumference ......... 20°60 | 20°50 | 19°81 | 19°30 | 19°12 | 18°50 





Mean general dimens.| 39°04 | 38°81 | 37°53 | 36°96 | 36°54 | 35°31 




The relative proportions of the three regions of the cranium 
taken in a mode presently to be described, in the different races 
compared, might be expressed numerically as under :— 



Extra- 
Region, | Euro | tropical | yopics!| Austr | tindoo, | Veddah. 
cases only). 
Broritallsss:scvscecsess 80°63 | 29°73 28:94 | 28°90 | 28°58 | 27°57 
Parictal 33533. sie. 28°77 | 28°66 27°80 | 26°90 | 28°47 | 25:95 
Occipital ............ 24°29 | 25°33 23°92 | 23°33 | 23:18 | 22°23 
The mean dimensions of an Andaman Islander’s skull, exhibited 
at the Ethnological Society by Prof. Owen, was 35:0 inches. 
The Veddah skulls, therefore, estimated in this way, would appear 
' to be amongst those of the lowest cranial type, being smaller 
even than those of the Bosjesmen, to judge from the crania belong- 
ing to that race in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. 
The mode in which were taken the different measurements from 
